Enphase CEO: Big Data from renewables could be a missing link for grid stability

Enphase's AC battery. "The grid is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the past 50," company CEO Paul Nahi told PV Tech. Image: Enphase. Renewable energy could actually add more stability to electricity networks rather than hampering it, as the grid evolves toward greater levels of distributed generation, Enphase CEO Paul Nahi has said. In an interview in London last week, Nahi told PV Tech that the ability to use data collected from PV systems to monitor and control or adjust the status of generation and load in a network is an example of how “solar assets” could be “leveraged” to understand grids better and react accordingly when something goes wrong or needs to be upgraded. “The ability for renewables to actually add to grid stability is what I think is being missed by most individuals,” Nahi said. The key, Nahi said, is that data collected by moder...